[TPIN] Lead mouthpieces

[Orion Development Corp - D. Arndt]

Here is an article on this subject that I tripped over - 

http://www.indyjazz.org/article08.htm

This "rings true" as just good commom sense.  I've seen players who could play lead on really large pieces, but's it's the exception, not the rule.  For what it's worth, most of these types sounded like absolute "crap" in the middle and low registers, as a result of becoming so calloused in building the kind of sound, range and endurance required to play lead, on large equipment.


On Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:11:19 -0500, John Hines wrote
> >> Byron Stripling played lead on a 1C for years.
> 
> There are always exceptions.  But most lead players go for a tool 
> (lead mouthpiece) to get a job done.  Disclaimer right here: A 
> mouthpiece won't effectively increase one's range, and a mouthpiece 
> is not a substitute for hard work.
> 
> Sure, we all know that Byron used a big mouthpiece.  Al Porcino used 
> a 6B for a while, but eventually realized that using a B cup 
> mouthpiece for lead has its many problems.  He told me this 
> personally.
> 
> 10, categorically is an extremely small number, and even so I'll be 
> very impressed if any one TPINer can come up with the names of 10 
> lead trumpeters in the last 70 years that played lead on a 1C or 
> even a 3C.  I'm talking about guys who played live regularly in loud 
> bands, where the demands included frequent trips into the high F & G 
> area.  Was it Bobby Shew who said 'the right tool for the right job?'....
> 
> JH
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